Auction Catalogue

12 May 2015

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Lot

№ 288

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12 May 2015

Hammer Price:
£220

General Service 1918-62 (4), 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46, unnamed; another, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (16496 SC Maniam Dora Isamy, F of M Pol) minor correction to unit; another, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (PK003153 HG. Abd. Rani, B.A. Kechil Malaya HG); another, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (2628908 Gdsm. D. Scholfield, Gren. Gds.) correction to name and initial, last with scratches, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5)
£200-250

Derek Scholfield was born in 1928 and enlisted at Manchester on 19 July 1946. With the Grenadier Guards he served in M.E.L.F., June 1947-April 1948; Malaya, September 1948-August 1949; M.E.L.F., July-October 1951; Tobruk, October-November 1951, and Fayid, November 1951-June 1952. Discharged 18 July 1968. Clasps confirmed.

Medal to Scholfield with Regular Army Certificate of Service booklet and brass nameplate, ‘Grenadier Guards 2628908 D Schofield (sic)’.